12. VESPERTItlO. 305 



This appears to be the representative of V. emarginatus in Balu- 

 chistan and surrounding countries. The above described well-marked 

 characters (derived from an examination of several specimens pre- 

 served in alcohol), though apparently constant, do not, in my opi- 

 nion, justify comj)lete separation as a species distinct from the 

 European form. 



b. 2 ad,, al. f'allt, Baluchistan. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C,]. 



17. Vespertilio tricolor. 



Veapertilio tricolor, Temminck, Monoqr. Mammal, ii. p. 207 (1835- 

 41)^ Wagwr, Suppl. Schreh. Sdugeih. v. p. 745 (1855). 



Kesembles V. emarginatus closely in general form, and even in 

 the quality, colour, and distribution of the fur ; but is easily distin- 

 guished by its greater size and conspicuously shorter ears, which are 

 much less abruptly convex in the lower two thirds of the outer 

 margin ; the tragus is also much curved outwards, and the extremity 

 of the tail does not project. 



In general form the skuU differs considerably from that of V. 

 emarginatus, being proportionally much broader in front, and the 

 brain-case less vaulted and raised above the facial bones. In V, 

 emarginatus the inner incisor is quite equal to the outer ; in this 

 species it is conspicuously larger and the posterior cusp longer ; the 

 first upper premolar also occupies the whole space between the 

 canine and third premolar, and the second premolar is quite internal ; 

 in V. emarginatus the second premolar is half internal and quite 

 visible in the space between the first and third premolars. 



Length (of the type specimen), head and body about 2"-5, tail 

 l"-8, head 0"-8, ear 0"-55, tragus 0"-3, forearm l"-9 ; third finger— 

 metacarp. 1"'8, 1st ph. 0"-7, 2nd ph. 0"-85 ; fourth finger — meta- 

 carp. l"-75, 1st ph. 0"-55, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; fifth finger— metacarp. l"-7, 

 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; tibia 0"-8, foot 0"-43. 



Hah. South Africa (Cape of Good Hope). 



Type in the collection of the Leyden Museum. 



18. Vespertilio oreias. 



Vespertilio oreias, Temminck, Monoar. Mammal, ii, p. 270 (1835- 

 1841). 



Ears apparently as long as the head ; the inner margin of the ear- 

 conch straight in its lower, convex in its middle and upper thirds ; 

 the upper half of the outer margin flatly emarginate, then convex, 

 but not abruptly so as in V. emarginatus : tragus much attenuated, 

 almost as much as in Kerivoida, and inclined slightly outwards ; the. 

 outer margin slightly concave above, the inner slightly convex. 



Wings from the base of the toes ; feet rather small ; half the last 

 caudal vertebra free. 



Eur rather long and dense, extending densely upon the face 



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